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  2. Charter schools in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some charter schools provide a specialized curriculum (for example in arts, mathematics, or vocational training). Charter schools may be founded by individuals or teacher-parent groups. Two-thirds of charter schools are freestanding and independent; the remainder are managed by a charter management organization or education management organization.

  3. Charter school - Wikipedia

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    A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established ... Chile has a very long history of private subsidized ...

  4. School choice in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Minnesota was the first state to have a charter school law and the nation's first charter school was City Academy High School, which opened in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1992. [6] California created its District of Choice program in 1993. It allows California public school district to enroll students residing outside district lines. [7]

  5. Federal Charter School Program - Wikipedia

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    Today's charter schools are centered within urban areas, and generally accept a higher proportion of low-achieving, low-income students. In general, they are small – with about 60% enrolling fewer than 200 students (in comparison, only about 16% of traditional public school enroll fewer than 200 students), and have a slightly lower proportion of students with disabilities and who are limited ...

  6. Charter Schools USA - Wikipedia

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    The schools were given over on a performance contract, which granted Charter Schools USA four years to improve; this contract was renewed in 2015. [5] Upon the arrival of the second renewal date for CSUSA's contract in June 2022, Indianapolis Public Schools opposed the renewal of operator's contract.

  7. Religious charter schools are the latest front in the battle ...

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    Charter schools are basically private and should have the right to operate how they please “Clearly, a standard public school — one operated by government employees under the supervision of a ...

  8. Charter schools in New York - Wikipedia

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    New York City public schools then-chancellor Joel Klein was "thrilled" [26] for the school's founding, according to journalist Steven Brill, partly because once that school needed space in a public non charter school the union could not object to the principle of collocation and he could arrange for other charters to share space with non ...

  9. A former RI mayor urges Democrats to embrace charter schools ...

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    The history of charter schools is spotty. In their 28-year history, half have failed. A report from the Brookings Institution makes the following comment with reference to the CREDO studies ...